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Macroeconomic Conditions and the Distribution of Income in Spain

Farré-Olalla, Lídia; Vella, Francis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper analyzes the impact of changes in macroeconomic conditions on the income distribution in Spain. Using household data from the Encuesta Continuada de Presupuestos Familiares (ECPF) from 1985 to 1996, we disentangle the effect of aggregate variables on the income distribution by...

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The World Distribution of Income and Income Inequality

Heshmati, Almas - 2004

results from different case studies are presented. These results are further contrasted to those obtained based on the World … the concepts, measurement and decomposition of inequality, the world distribution of income and inequality measured at … those based on the World Income Inequality Database. Research on the world income inequality supports increased awareness of …

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Continental and Sub-Continental Income Inequality

Heshmati, Almas - 2004

. We investigate the economic disparity between regions of the world and among countries within each continent or …

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Warrant economics, call-put policy options and the fallacies of economic theory

Hatgioannides, John; Karanassou, Marika - 2011

plays on the world stage. The main thesis of our work is that, despite the triumphant rhetoric praising the merits of …

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Jacob Mincer, Experience and the Distribution of Earnings

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2003

This paper reviews Jacob Mincer?s contributions to the analyses of earnings and the distribution of earnings through his pioneering focus on labor market experience or on-the-job training. It begins with a brief discussion of the theoretical literature on the distribution of earnings in the...

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Inequalities and Their Measurement

Heshmati, Almas - 2004

This paper is a review of the recent advances in the measurement of inequality. Inequality can have several dimensions. Economists are mostly concerned with the income and consumption dimensions of inequality. Several inequality indices including the most widely used index of inequality namely...

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Does size matter? The impact of changes in household structure on income distribution in Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2010

In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies on equivalence-weighted incomes which take into account...

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Do rising top incomes lift all boats?

Andrews, Dan; Jencks, Christopher; Leigh, Andrew - 2010

Pooling data for 1905 to 2000, we find no systematic relationship between top income shares and economic growth in a panel of 12 developed nations observed for between 22 and 85 years. After 1960, however, a one percentage point rise in the top decile's income share is associated with a...

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The distributional impact of public services when needs differ

Aaberge, Rolf; Bhuller, Manudeep; Langørgen, Audun; … - 2010

Despite a broad consensus on the need to take into account the value of public services in distributional analysis, there is little reliable evidence on how the inclusion of such non-cash income actually affects poverty and inequality estimates. In particular, the equivalence scales applied to...

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Causes of changing earnings inequality

Snower, Dennis J. - 1999

This paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the U.S. over the past 25 years. Next, it indicates which of these regularities can be explained within the competitive demand-supply framework of analysis and what is left unexplained....

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